26 Jun, 2023 11:40

China comments on Wagner mutiny

Beijing has backed Moscow’s efforts to maintain national stability in light of the aborted rebellion

Beijing fully supports Russia’s efforts to stabilize the situation in the country following the aborted insurrection by the Wagner private military company, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has stated.

The ministry posted a response on its websiteon Sunday after journalists requested a statement on China’s official position on the matter.

“This is Russia’s internal affairs,” a spokesperson for the ministry said. “As a friendly neighbor and a comprehensive strategic partner of coordination in the new era, China supports Russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity,” the official added.

On Sunday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced it had held talks with Beijing on a number of issues, including the rebellion. According to a statement on the ministry’s Telegram channel, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko had met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang during a working trip to Beijing.

“The Chinese side expressed support for the efforts of the leadership of the Russian Federation to stabilize the situation in the country in connection with the events of June 24, and reaffirmed its interest in strengthening the cohesion and further prosperity of Russia,”the Russian ministry said in a statement.

It also noted that the two nations assessed the current state of relations highly, and confirmed their readiness to develop them even further.

The Wagner PMC launched its mutiny late on Friday. Its chief, Evgeny Prigozhin, announced a “march of justice” to Moscow after accusing the Russian military of striking one of the group’s field camps. The Russian Defense Ministry rejected his claim as a “provocation.”On Saturday, Wagner forces seized control of a military HQ in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and began moving towards the capital.

In an address to the nation on Saturday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled Wagner’s actions as treason and the “backstabbing of our country and our people.”

Later in the day, Prigozhin agreed to end the uprising and withdrew his forces in exchange for “security guarantees,” as part of a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Wagner chief cited the desire to avoid bloodshed as the reason behind the decision.

(Does anyone else get a weird feeling about China’s statement?A lot of other country leaders sent tweets of support to Putin. China has always wanted Siberia and other lands of Russia, this turmoil would introduce a possible opportunity to do it, or something else.And isn’t that a strange picture to post on the article on a diplomatic communication from China?)

https://www.rt.com/russia/578733-china-russia-wagner-mutiny/

26 Jun, 2023 15:15

Ukraine has lost 15% of US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles – NYT

The newspaper quoted anonymous officials as acknowledging that Kiev’s counteroffensive is “behind schedule”

Ukraine’s counteroffensive has already cost itmore than a dozen Bradley fighting vehiclesprovided by Washington, the New York Times has reported, citing anonymous US officials. Since Kiev began its operation at the start of June, the Russian Defense Ministry has claimed its forces have destroyed dozens of Ukrainian armored vehicles and tanks, including Western-made ones.

According to an article published by the NYT on Monday,17 of the 113 Bradleyssupplied to Ukraine by the US have been damaged or destroyed.

Particularly dangerous for advancing Ukrainian troops are extensive Russian minefields, the paper explained. The flat,open terrain in southeastern Ukraineis making the counteroffensive an arduous undertaking as Ukrainian troops effectively have nowhere to take cover.

The NYT claimed thatRussian KA-52 attack helicopters pose an additional threatas they have reportedly managed to conduct missile strikes from outside the range of Ukrainian air defense.

As a result, the Ukrainiancounteroffensive has ground to a haltin some areas, with soldiers reassessing their tactics, the newspaper claimed. Kiev’s forces have thus far managed to cover less than half the distance to Russia’s main line of defense, the report added.

Ukrainian service members told reporters that the Russians had “dug in, they mined, they are ready.”

“Given what the guys are saying, it’s not going as well as they show on TV,” a medic acknowledged.

Meanwhile, officials in Kiev, including President Vladimir Zelensky, have attempted to reassure the public that the main battles are still ahead.

While Kiev’s backers in the US are publicly calling for patience,one anonymous officialtold the NYT that theunderwhelming results of the Ukrainian counteroffensive have been “sobering.”

“They are behind schedule,” the senior administration official conceded, speaking privately to journalists.

However, unnamed officials also insisted that given the extensive Russian defenses, the slow pace of the Ukrainian advance was predictable, claiming it was still too early to draw any broad conclusions. (Kek!)

Since the start of June, the Russian Defense Ministry has claimed on several occasions that its troops have destroyed Western-supplied military hardware, with Ukraine losing thousands of service members in the process.

Moscow has released video clips apparently showing its troops destroying a German-made Leopard tank, French AMX-10 light tanks, and other vehicles.

https://www.rt.com/russia/578745-ukraine-loses-bradleys-officials-nyt/

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1673394141441687555?s=20

>>19077596

They still are not discussing a possible FF and none of it was real.

Why is a Librarian reporting on this conversation? And to whom?

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1673382455133503488?s=20

>>19077629

Oh of course it came from the NYTS, honestly stupid

https://twitter.com/kiranstacey/status/1673272143826817024?s=20

No shit sherlock

https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1673373085251035136?s=20

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1673337597093896192?s=20

Sunday Talks – Anthony Blinken Spins a Tale of Woe for Vladimir Putin

Here’s the confirmation!

June 25, 2023 | Sundance |

Well, I have not written about the events with Wagner in Russia, in part because coincidentallyI have a good source in St Petersburg who told me several days ago to look out for something with Wagner and Putin. Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was born in St Pete (Leningrad).

Born in 1961, Prigozhin grew up as a somewhat snarky Soviet Robin Hood, a street urchin who flowed invisibly between Finland and Leningrad in a black-market social circle that, well, let’s just say I am familiar with.

When he was 20, Prigozhin was arrested for a heist and federally imprisoned for 9 years while the Soviet Union collapsed. When he exited prison Russia was different, and with St Pete now becoming a tourist destination, he joined the capitalist opportunity with a street food vending business.

Prigozhin is hard as nails, snarky as hell and very tricky.

He is one of the apex gremlins and very much still connected to the streets, very connected. He was never connected to the towers of Russian politics as the West portrays. Prigozhin doesn’t have the pedigree nor the disposition for political power.

Let me put it this way, no one knows how to play gremlin mind games against the West better than Yevgeny Prigozhin.He’s a little bit like a less refined Oleg Deripaska, and much scruffier. Also remember, in February 2018, Prigozhin was one of 13 Russians indicted by Andrew Weissmann and Rod Rosenstein for interfering in the American election through the Internet Research Agency, lol {insert eyeroll}.

Here’s where it gets interesting. Don’t share this; it’s for CTH audience only. Back in April of this year, a blogger in St Pete named Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) was killed by a bomb disguised as a gift for his work reporting on behalf of free people in Russia. The bomb was inside a bust of Tatarsky given to him shortly before he was giving a speech in a cafe. A 26-year-old woman named Darya Trepova gave him the gift; she was arrested and disappeared.

Speculation, strong speculation, was that the cafe bomb was a CIA operation, because Tatarsky was considered an enemy of Ukraine. His death was a hit to the pro-Russia morale inside the region. The target, Vladlen Tatarsky, and the head of the Wagner mercenary military units, Yevgeny Prigozhin, were good friends.

Prigozhin wanted to go avenge Tatarsky’s death and remove any limits on rules of war/engagement in Ukraine. Prigozhin was willing to create massive civilian casualties in his revenge operation against the Ukraine military (lots of Nazi’s) and the CIA operatives that work with them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said no and told/warned his generals and Russian regular military officers they were to inform Wagner that widespread collateral damage and revenge was not okay. Prigozhin was angry, very angry about this; he wanted blood.However, Prigozhin is also a snarky gremlin, don’t forget this, so any operation that could injure or trick the CIA would be a good thing. Thus, came the warning to me to ignore the front face of what the Western world would present in the past few days.

Prigozhin was/is angry and frustrated with Vladimir Putin, and Prigozhin was/is angry at the CIA.

Was the Prigozhin/Wagner operation an internal false flag intended to give the illusion of something (rebellion) while actually taking advantage of the stupidity of the West (CIA)?

I just gave you Prigozhin’s motive that almost no one knows about. Let’s keep it between us.

Here’s a picture of the horrible and dangerous Wagner boys executing their Saturday reign of terror inside Russia during the “coup” lol.

Looks like the street urchin from Leningrad cashed out thanks to the DoD/CIA, and then bailed out on Vladimir Putin. A win/win.

I hear Belarus is awesome this time of year… and even Vladimir Putin has got to admit it was all well-played.

Well done, Yevgeny…. well done. Enjoy your retirement.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/25/sunday-talks-anthony-blinken-spins-a-tale-of-woe-for-vladimir-putin/

>>19078000

This is too funny and quite the confirmation

It’s my dream scenario

https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1673408774793461760?s=20

>>19077926

These people are so delusional, just give him

Another 500 million and send him on his way to fill your bank accounts up Bidan!

“Putin weak”was the IC words to release, I started seeing it immediately when the deal was done.

I hate these people, all of them!

>>19077939

I hope he tells the world Wagner and him tricked them out of 6.2 billion and starts laughing

>>19077939

26 Jun, 2023 19:02

Putin to give address that will ‘influence the fate of Russia’ – Kremlin

The important speech is the first since the end of the Wagner mutiny over the weekend

Putin to give address that will ‘influence the fate of Russia’ – Kremlin

An address to the nation on Monday evening by Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a turning point in the future of the country, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told the media.

“Without exaggeration, this address will determine the fate of Russia,” Peskov said

Putin last spoke to the nation on Saturday, amid a mutiny by the private military company Wagner Group. He denounced the insurrection as a “stab in the back” of the nation, comparing it to the upheaval of 1917 and threatening those responsible with the most severe punishment. He did not name any names, however.

Shortly afterward, the Kremlin revealed that President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus had negotiated an end to the mutiny with Wagner head Evgeny Prigozhin.Lukashenko has also announced he would give an important speech on Monday evening.

https://www.rt.com/russia/578756-putin-address-announced/

Sounds like he’s forgiving everyone and welcoming them back, if they want

>>19078114

26 Jun, 2023 19:30

Putin seals Wagner’s fate

Most members of the mutinous private military company are patriots, who were misled, the Russian leader said

Putin seals Wagner’s fate

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a choice to the soldiers of the Wagner private military company involved in Saturday's failed armed rebellion. They can either sign a contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry Ministry or other security agencies, return home or move to neighboring Belarus, the Russian leader said in a televised addressed.

"The overwhelming majority of the fighters and commanders of the Wagner group are also Russian patriots, devoted to their people and country. They proved this with their courage on the battlefield,” Putin said in his address on Monday evening.

The organizers of the insurrection “kept them in the dark and tried using them against their brothers in arms, with whom they fought shoulder to shoulder for the sake of the country and its future,” he said.

TheRussian leader thanked the Wagner soldiers and commanders, who “stopped at the last line” and didn’t allow the “fratricidal bloodshed”to take place. He added that the promise he gave during negotiations to settle the crisis will be kept.

“You have the opportunity to sign a contract with the Defense Ministry and other law enforcement agencies or return to your family and friends.Anyone, who wants to, can go to Belarus,” Putin said, addressing the members of the private military company.

Wagner launched a major mutiny late on Friday on the order of its head, businessman Evgeny Prigozhin. The rebelling troops seized control of the Russian military’s Southern District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don and sent a convoy towards Moscow.

Therevolt came to a halt on Saturday night as Prigozhin announced that his men would be returning to their field campsfollowing talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. According to Minsk, the negotiations took place in close coordination with Putin.

Prigozhin, who said that he launched the insurrection because “they [the Defense Ministry] wanted to disband Wagner PMC,” will leave Russia and “go to Belarus” as a result of the deal, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. The criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped, with Wagner fighters, who took part in the mutiny, also avoiding prosecution, he added.

https://www.rt.com/russia/578758-putin/

>>19078169

This is just part of keeping the FF alive

>>19078208

Yup its coming

>>19078169

Here’s Putin’s speech, notice what he doesn’t say

26 Jun, 2023 19:34

Putin addresses Wagner ‘betrayal’

Any attempts at fomenting turmoil among Russians are doomed, the president said

Russian President Vladimir Putin credited the patriotic spirit of the nation for avoiding bloodshed over the weekend and again condemned the “treasonous” mutiny by the private military company Wagner, in a speech on Monday evening.

Putin thanked President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus for his “contribution to the peaceful resolution of the situation.” He also confirmed the deal struck on Saturday that Wagner members who wish to do so can leave for Belarus, can go home, or can re-enlist with the Russian military.

“The promise I made will be fulfilled,” Putin said. “The choice is yours, but I am sure it will be the choice of Russian soldiers who have realized their tragic mistake.”

The president thanked the people of Russia for their “endurance, unity and patriotism” and for showing “firm, unambiguous support for the constitutional order.” Attempts to foment internal unrest in Russia are “doomed to failure,” Putin added.

The mutiny would have been put down in any case, Putin noted,accusing its organizers of betrayingnot just the country, but their own men, leading them astray into criminal fratricide. (He never names the organizers and doesn’t name Prigozhin, so that means the people who told him that Russia was going to disband Wagner were caught)

“They [the West and Ukraine] wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other, so that soldiers and civilians would die, so that in the end Russia would lose, and our society would break apart and choke on bloody civil strife,” the president said. “They rubbed their hands, dreaming of getting revenge for their failures at the front and during the so-called counteroffensive, but they miscalculated.”

Putin thanked all of the soldiers, police and special services who remained true to their oath, and noted the “courage and self-sacrifice of the heroic fallen pilots” who saved Russia from tragedy.

According to multiple reports, anywhere from two to 20 airmen died after Wagner allegedly shot down a military helicopter and an airplane. TheRussian Defense Ministry has not, however, published an official death toll. (And they won’t there is no death toll, there’s no evidence anything happened! Keeping the FF alive!)

According to the president, the “overwhelming majority” of Wagner fighters and commanders are also Russian patriots, who “proved it with their courage on the battlefield, liberating Donbass and Novorossiya.” He said he personally ordered measures intended to avoid bloodshed and to allow those who made a mistake time to rethink their actions. He thanked those Wagner members who “made the right decision, who stopped before crossing the line into fratricidal bloodshed.”

On Saturday, as Wagner troops occupied Rostov-on-Don, Putin accused the private military company’s leadership of delivering a “stab in the back” comparable to that of 1917, and of giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

https://www.rt.com/russia/578762-putin-traitors-doom/

>>19078240

The best movie ever!